generate serialized array?!

• nicmare

• February 1, 2015 at 12:52 am

acf 5.1.7.1
i have one repeater field with two datepickers. you see it attached.
problem 1: i set date format both the same to Y-m-d (see 2nd screenshot). but in database it is saved in another dateformat: Ymd (see 3rd screenshot). why is it saved differently?

problem 2: i need the data as an array. is it somehow possible to serialize it instead of inserting a new row in the database?!
because i want the whole repeater data as one array to save it to another meta field of one post. the array should look like this:
a:2:{i:0;a:4:{s:4:"type";s:6:"custom";s:8:"bookable";s:2:"no";s:4:"from";s:10:"2015-02-06";s:2:"to";s:10:"2015-02-14";}i:1;a:4:{s:4:"type";s:6:"custom";s:8:"bookable";s:2:"no";s:4:"from";s:10:"2015-02-21";s:2:"to";s:10:"2015-02-28";}}
unserialized:

array (
  0 => 
  array (
    'type' => 'custom',
    'bookable' => 'no',
    'from' => '2015-02-06',
    'to' => '2015-02-14',
  ),
  1 => 
  array (
    'type' => 'custom',
    'bookable' => 'no',
    'from' => '2015-02-21',
    'to' => '2015-02-28',
  ),
)

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• nicmare

• February 2, 2015 at 8:44 am

solved! get_field() returns me an array and update_field() generates a serialized array

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